Fear not, the glory that is CP_CHAD will premiere to the public at large this SATURDAY in the solid pugs mumble. (info and announcements at https://discord.gg/H2uUk4R). I'll post the ｐｏｗｅｒｆｕｌ download link here after.

Some of the lucky few at lan give their thoughts:
"It has better flow" - ChaseDuck
"This map is nuts, bro" - bobby
"Wait I like this" - Prograde
"Wait is this spire mid or is this second" - DonDorito
"What is I.T.?!?!" - Gritoma

Also, if you were one of the lucky few, don't share the map until after Saturday or I delet you >:(

Hello! I'm looking for a serious team to improve with this next season, but also one that has an enjoyable environment. I'll also be getting a mentor, demo reviewing, etc. I'm usually pretty vocal on any role if that's something you're looking for. In order of interest, I'd like to play:

Medic - I've taken a couple seasons away from med to play roamer, but I'd love to return and continue to improve. I'd like to imagine I could manage div-1 with the right team, but in reality I'm probably mid-high div-2.

Roamer - I won season 2 IM and had a decent season 3 in Main, and I'd be happy to continue playing roamer. I'm probably mid-main at the moment, and would aim to be high/playoffs by the end of the season.

Demo - I played half a season in ozf while abroad, fell in love with it, and haven't had a chance to play it since. I'm probably low/mid main here, and should be able to comfortably main call with a little practice if that's what you want.

Scout/pocket - probably.

I'm available pretty much any day of the week, hit me up on steam or discord at DubThink#3877!

We hadn't planned anything before lan, but I'm reaching out to Valve now about doing so. I think it's likely, but as with all things Valve, nothing is guaranteed. I'll announce here if we get confirmation.

Hello-
I'm interested in and considering taking over or creating replacement dm servers. At RGB, I talked to a few community members who expressed that they'd be willing to donate to support said servers. I made a poll to gauge how widespread this feeling is. I believe either way I'll be able to do one or two servers out of pocket, but receiving community support would allow more servers, more locations, and particularly ensure the longevity of my ability to host the servers.

Details of the numbers:

Please fill out this poll to express how much you would be willing to support the tftv dm servers. Thanks!

The servers at use at lan don't have sourcemod, which is necessary for logs/medstats/etc, so we used sizzlingstats for rgb3. There was discussion of adding sourcemod for rgb4, but it ultimately didn't happen before the lan. We'll almost certainly have it for future lans, hopefully along with soapdm, demos.tf, etc. The whitelist is up-to-date afaik - RGB uses the global whitelist, hence cm/pbpp being banned.

On the flip side of this, playing ozf I've had a couple matches where we've lost the first map, but are able to readjust and turn around to win the second (or vice-versa). It's not quite the same thing, as it ends up a 'tie', each having won one map, but you don't miss out on the half-time thing completely with 2 maps/match.

I think everyone's done this at some point. In an esea match/scrim two or three of our players did it at the same time.

Either way, we're having 8 maps this season. This question is asking if you'd be open to having clearcut as the 8th, or if you'd rather have a different map which would almost definitely be a previously played 5cp (not kalinka)

A while back I played on a server/config with this (I think it was a little shorter) and liked it a lot. I'm not sure if it's a config thing or a plugin thing though, which would be a deciding factor in any league's decision to do it.

I've played the last two seasons in ozf, which uses the ETF2L system of two maps, and like it a bit better than ESEA personally. I feel like there's a bit more pressure in the game, which is good. People talk a bunch about how half time can be used to restrategize and make a comeback in the second half, but this actually happens even more so with the ETF2L system IMO. Mentality plays a large part in comebacks, and being able to say "sure, they won the first half, but let's reset, adjust, and beat them on a fresh map" is a lot more doable.

I also think the 2-map system may lend itself to upsets more - Whether or not it's a good thing overall is up for discussion. I personally like it, as it keeps the better teams on their toes and gives lesser teams a better chance of picking up a win by playing at their best.

They started out the season with 6 of those wins in a row, so they played the top open teams for the rest of the season. They were #1 or #2 in open off of ffws at one point iirc. Here's the team history.

chill good dm

Never mind vinesauce vinny where's vinny da boss? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqMvo0tVcMA&list=PL0BE4B33CB87D8F02

Hopefully cu@, depends on when I get back from nz.

Sneak peak preview 2

Also, the map is 'done', as in it's assembled and all the logic works, but most of us don't have computers chad enough to handle CP_CHAD in all of its glory. In other words, I need to optimize it, and the raw power of this map makes that hard as fuck. Hoping for pugs this Saturday or somewhere around then.

Here's a sneak peak insider CHAD preview

xiPoison is an outstanding dude - I've been playing with him for like a year and a half or more, he was in our gamer house at rgb3, great experiences throughout. He's always been friendly in mumble, tons of fun to hang out with in or out of game, and has amazing dm. Solidly mid-high open, has tons of potential for more once his gamesense catches up to his mge skills, which are nuts. He also can enter chad mode where he only hits directs.

Forreal tho, excellent man, pick him up.